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Is Pap Testing Better Than HPV Vaccination?
Good news: The decision to be vaccinated for HPV or receive regular Pap testing isn’t either/or. Image: Andy Newson It’s January, which means that it’s Cervical Health Awareness Month! If you have a...
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STD Awareness: Gonorrhea, Women, and the Pre-Antibiotic Era
Penicillin, the first reliable cure for gonorrhea, was mass produced in the 1940s. It’s Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the achievements of women worldwide — like Margaret Sanger, Rosalind...
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STD Awareness: Is Chlamydia Bad?
Perhaps your sexual partner has informed you that they have been diagnosed with chlamydia, and you need to get tested, too. Maybe you’ve been notified by the health department that you might have been...
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Some Good News About Three Sexually Transmitted Viruses
Scientists are hard at work finding ways to improve your health! With so much bad news emblazoned across headlines in every newspaper you look at, the world might seem like a gloomy place. So let’s...
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STD Awareness: Transgender Men and Cervical Health
Healthy cervical cells as seen under a microscope. Image: National Cancer Institute Just one month ago, headlines screamed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received a list of...
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STD Awareness: Fighting Cervical Cancer Across the World
Tomorrow kicks off World Immunization Week, a reminder that, just as disease can cross borders, so should our efforts to prevent it. Especially when we have an effective vaccine for one of the world’s...
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STD Awareness: Eliminating HPV-Related Cancers
Earlier this month, every major cancer center and organization in the country released a joint statement calling for the elimination of cervical cancer, along with all other HPV-related cancers. The...
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STD Awareness: HPV Testing vs. the Pap Test
I love writing about health and medicine, but I hate going to the doctor. I don’t like taking my clothes off for a dermatological exam, I don’t like rolling my sleeve up for a shot, and I don’t like...
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